The recession has been hard on restaurants of every type, but it's been particularly hard on the owners of soul food, Caribbean, or Louisiana kitchens.

Roslynn Lady Decuir finally attained her goal, only to see it slip away during the recession.

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So in April 2008, Decuir once again asked God for support. "I prayed
again," she said. "I went to God and asked for confirmation to close my
restaurant." The wishes of her sixteen-year-old self had come true, and
she needed God to confirm that the glory was over, and it was okay to
stop. "I don't care if it was one year or ten years." She had done what
she always wanted to do. "I said, 'Dear Lord, I need permission to put
this dream to sleep.'" And, like so many others, she did.

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